With an average of 18+4+4+43% of three-pointers per game, the Green Army's most stable 3D, with an annual salary of 17 million, signing him is too worthwhile

There is no 24th in the rivers and lakes

2024-05-25 22:23Posted in Henan Sports Creators

Preface

Relying on Jaylen Brown's outstanding performance of 40 points, the Celtics, the first in the East, continue to soar, and the current Eastern Conference finals face the Pacers series score, which has come to 2:0, once the next game returns to Indiana, the Pacers cannot defend their home court, then the Green Army is likely to complete the sweep and return to the Finals stage after 2 years. It has to be said that this year's Green Army is full of hope, and they have a very good chance of lifting the O'Brien Cup again after 16 years.

In fact, unlike last year, the Green Army are in pretty good form this season. Although Tatum's form fluctuates a lot in every playoff, he can still get 25.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 5.6 assists this year. However, the player we are going to talk about today is not them, but a low-key, but extremely strong individual player, he is Derrick White, who is nicknamed "Little White" by fans.

When he was in college, he established his style of play and entered the NBA into a Bobo player.

Despite his average physical talent, White has never relied on his body to play, his ball quotient is very high, and he was highly praised by many media experts as early as his time in the NCAA. In 2012, White, who graduated from high school at the time, was only 1.78 meters tall, so no NCAA Division I school was willing to give him a chance, and he finally had to commit to the spring branch of the University of Colorado.

However, with the soaring height and the performance of the second division like a big killer, in 2015, the University of Colorado transferred White, who had risen to 1.93 meters, to the main division and officially began to compete in the NCAA. White is the biggest proof of his worth, in his graduation season, he averaged 18.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, shooting 51% from the field and 39.6% from three-point range, and it should be noted that he made a total of 49 blocks, breaking the school record. As a result, he was named to the Pac-12 League's All-First Team and All-American Defensive Team.

In the 2017 draft, the 23-year-old White seemed a little out of place, after all, he is already an older player, and there is a high probability that he will enter the second round, and may even be defeated, but the discerning Spurs have fallen in love with White's extremely high tactical literacy, and the "3D" style of play in college is also very popular in the NBA, so the 29th pick in the first round of the Spurs selected White, and the podium was brought to San Antonio.

Although he only played in 17 games in the first season of his career, and only averaged 1.5 points per game, in the eyes of coach Popovich, he will one day become one of the pillars of the team, after all, with the Spurs' system of cultivating players, coupled with White's own efforts, White's ability will be released to the maximum. As it turned out, White did and didn't keep the team waiting too long.

Gradually growing into "3D", but he had no choice but to leave the Holy City.

In the 18-19 season, due to the departure of Kawhi Leonard, Tony Parker and others, the overall lineup of the Spurs had to be rebuilt, and Popovich immediately put White into the starting lineup, White did not disappoint Popovich, he could contribute 9.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1 steal throughout the season, but White had not yet practiced three-point shooting at that time, but it didn't hurt, his defensive ability made up for some deficiencies on the offensive end, in the game against the Hawks, He made six blocks, tying the team-history record for a defender's block.

And during the playoffs, against the strong Nuggets, he had an excellent performance of 36 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in a single game, and since then he has won the trust of the team. In order to be able to vigorously cultivate White, Popovich, who became the coach of the national team, even brought him to the stage of the 2019 China Basketball World Cup when he was a sophomore, which is enough to prove that Popovich attaches great importance to him.

Since then, the Spurs have continued to develop White, and by the 19-20 season, his stats have improved to 11.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 0.9 blocks. In order to keep White, the Spurs also offered sincerity and offered a four-year $73 million contract extension, which was a sincere offer contract for a first-round finisher, and White did not hesitate at all and chose the team to complete the contract extension.

However, in the 20-21 season, due to injuries, White only played in 36 games, but that didn't stop him from playing a career-high 15.4 points, 3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1 block. The outstanding performance also attracted the attention of many teams, and the Spurs were also in a dilemma, and in the end, in order to rebuild, the team decided to send White to Boston in the middle of the 21-22 season, and White said goodbye to his 4 and a half years of Spurs career in a helpless way.

Quickly integrated into the Green Army system and became a key player in the team.

In the 21-22 season, although he only joined the Green Army in the middle of the season, White's amazing ball intelligence made him quickly integrate into the team's lineup system, in fact, leaving the Spurs, for White's personal development is intentional, after all, he was born in 1994, if he does not play in the playoffs for a long time, I am afraid that he will sink. This season, as the team's substitute sixth man, he followed the Green Army to the Finals, although the final loss to the Warriors failed to complete the championship, but White also had a lot of outstanding performances in this journey, such as the game against the Heat, scored 22 points, and beat the Warriors in the first game to score 21 points.

In the 22-23 season, White gained the trust of Coach Mazzulla and successfully entered the team's starting lineup, at this time, White was already very skilled, averaging 12.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists per game, and the three-point shooting rate reached a career-high 38.1%, and the defensive performance was even fuller, and he was the team's behind-the-scenes hero. More importantly, during the playoffs, White still averaged 13.4 points, 3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1 block per game, and his shooting percentage reached the terrifying "180" club. Especially in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, he scored a last-minute stunner to help the team win a crucial game, and although he still lost to the Heat in the end, White gained infinite trust from the whole team.

This season, the 29-year-old White has completed a new transformation, averaging 15.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1 steal and 1.2 blocks per game in the regular season, making a total of 196 three-pointers, a number of career highs, and has become the league's top "3-and-D" player. The hard work paid off, and White was named to the All-Defensive Team with his impressive performance on the defensive end and the team's impressive 64-18 record.

After entering the playoffs, White's performance continued to rise, with 18.3 points, 4 rebounds and 4.4 assists, and the efficiency is still a terrifying "180" club. In the first round of revenge for the Heat, he even had a top performance of 38 points in a single game. By the time he reached the Eastern Conference Finals, he had 15 points, six rebounds, nine assists and 23 points, four rebounds and six assists. It has to be said that if the Green Army wants to win the championship this year, White's play will play a very important role.

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